Alejandro Zaffaroni (1923–2014)

Alejandro Zaffaroni spent some 60 years helping to conduct research that led to the birth-control pill, and co-founded nearly a dozen biotechnology start-ups in California's Silicon Valley. He commercialized innovative ways to get drugs into the body. His adhesive skin patches, implanted device...

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Published inNature (London) Vol. 508; no. 7495; p. 187
Main Author Shaw, Jane E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 10.04.2014
Nature Publishing Group
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Administration, Inhalation
Biology
Biotechnology
Biotechnology - history
Birth control
Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques - history
Delayed-Action Preparations - history
Drug Delivery Systems - history
Drug Discovery - history
Drug Industry - history
Entrepreneurship - history
Genome-Wide Association Study - history
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
multidisciplinary
obituary
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis - history
Science
Scientists
Side effects
Steroids - history
Studies
Transdermal Patch - history
United States
Uruguay
Zaffaroni Alejandro
United States
Uruguay
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Summary:Alejandro Zaffaroni spent some 60 years helping to conduct research that led to the birth-control pill, and co-founded nearly a dozen biotechnology start-ups in California's Silicon Valley. He commercialized innovative ways to get drugs into the body. His adhesive skin patches, implanted devices and controlledrelease capsules reduced side effects, boosted efficacy and delivered the correct dose of medicine without complicated schedules.
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ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/508187a